1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to  capital investment; appropriating money for the Metropolitan Center 
1.3 	for Independent Living.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT 
1.6 	LIVING.
 1.7 	$7,500,000 is appropriated from the state fiscal recovery fund in fiscal year 2022 to the 
1.8 	commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the Metropolitan 
1.9 	Center for Independent Living to acquire land for and to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
1.10 	and equip the renovation and expansion of the existing Metropolitan Center for Independent 
1.11 	Living facility on Robert Street in St. Paul. The renovated and expanded facility will provide 
1.12 	a broad range of independent living, vocational, case management, and other important 
1.13 	services for persons with disabilities in the seven-county metropolitan area.  This is a onetime 
1.14 	appropriation and is available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to 
1.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642. For the purposes of this section, "state fiscal recovery 
1.16 	fund" means money received by the state pursuant to section 9901 of the American Rescue 
1.17 	Plan Act, Public Law 117-2.